The Good and The Bad

The Good - Our little fashionista has been looking particularly adorable lately because Tess has started putting her hair in pigtails. It gives her a much older, sophisticated look and draws lots of nice comments from strangers. In the ensemble above, notice the new tights that Grandma and Grandpa gave her for Christmas. They are a favorite of hers.

Besides all the new clothes that she got for Christmas, Abbie has recently gotten two new pairs of shoes and three new pairs of PJs. The shoes were an absolute must. Turns out that her old shoes were size 4, but one foot was measuring a 4.5 and the other was measuring a 5. Oops. Her new shoes are sizes 5.5 and 6 and are surely much more comfortable.

The PJs are big excitement for Abbie. She picked them out herself and loves them so much that she doesn't want to take them off. On Wednesday, after she was already dressed for gymnastics, she found her PJs and wanted to put them back on. Long story short - she ended up wearing her PJs over her clothes and didn't take them off until she got to gymnastics class.

The Bad - our poor peanut started feeling sick on Thursday night. A fever on Friday morning prompted a trip to the doctor, which revealed Abbie's first ear infection. :( We started antibiotics on Friday, but she is still struggling. The picture above, taken just moments ago, shows her fast asleep on the couch with Dada. This is virtually unheard of for her. Poor little thing.